Nerdic Defence @nerdicdefence.bsky.social Following Nordic defence and security matters, mostly technical, and am myself based in the Nordics. Yes, I'm aware the pun is stupid ;). He/him.
Knut Ola Naastad Strøm @konstrom.bsky.social Associate professor of air power at RNoAFA / @forsvaretshogskole.bsky.social
Economic historian. Scandinavian sec, history, economic warfare. WWI blockade geek. Occasional Napoleonic reenactor.
Mark @smarkg52.bsky.social Teach simulations and wargames at US Army CGSC. Opinions mine. Not an official account. “AI doesn’t do that…that’s not how AI works.” Mark Twain.
Sirens: A Bombshell Production @sirenspod.bsky.social Sirens, a new podcast from the ladies of Bombshell, dissects the institutions of American power. With their trademark wit and charm, they sound the alarm on technology, governance, and national security issues. (And maybe lure men to their deaths.)
Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social some kind of bureaucrat | lots of typos | he/him | if you're confused what Double Victory (DVTL) is look at my pinned | views my own, etc normal disclaimers
Max Brooks @maxbrooks.bsky.social Writer, Speaker, Sugarcane Planter.
MaxBrooks.com
Frans Osinga @osinga.bsky.social Prof war studies Leiden Uni
S.W.B. Folsom @swbfolsom.bsky.social Award-winning author. Film and music enthusiast. Capable of holding two opposing ideas in my mind at the same time. Neither a tough guy nor a fool.
Rarely TwitterX; mostly Bluesky and Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/swbfolsom
New England Patriots @patriots.bsky.social Official Bluesky of the 6-time champion New England Patriots #NEPats
Petri Nieminen 🇪🇺🇫🇮🇺🇦 @phnieminen.bsky.social History buff, beautiful game fan, previously a solar producer w. 4.20 MWh per annum + 15kWh home battery, now lives in a flat w. solar panels. Partner at Boco IP. Opinions Olde New Borrowed Oranje.
Auta Ukrainan lapsia! Unicef: http://unicef.fi/ukraina
Steve Daly 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @stevedaly.bsky.social Science fiction, fact, military, and aviation. Also anything that amuses me. 60+ with an innocuous sounding name. He/Him
https://silverfox441blog.wordpress.com
http://defencemuse.wordpress.com
Dispatched in Mentions @theproudjoiner.bsky.social Views expressed are my own and do not represent those of any organization I am affiliated with. Like or repost does not mean endorsement.
Jay Bee @clausewitzrocks.bsky.social Twitter refugee @clausewitzrocks 🤘🏽🇦🇺🇵🇭
// military strategy / laws of war / military ethics / ❤️ the Pacific / #ParraEels #NSWWaratahs #Wallabies #FijiDrua
Steve Leonard @doctrineman.bsky.social Aging college prof and all-around nice guy. Views may be askew.
Duffel Blog @duffelblog.com America’s Most Trusted Military News 🇺🇸 Since 2012. “They’ve made a lot of fun of me and I’ve enjoyed every bit of it.”—Secretary of Defense Mattis | https://www.duffelblog.com
Gitanoco @gitanoco.bsky.social GIS architect, backpacker, historical conflict board game enthusiast.
Ryan Evans @ryanevans.bsky.social Founder, War on the Rocks (warontherocks.com) and Bedrock Knowledge (thebedrock.co). Opinions are my own. I'm not a journalist so please don't mistake me for one.
Mark Herman @markherman54.bsky.social Professional Game Designer
Cossackgundi @cossackgundi.bsky.social Aiden Aslin
British national.
Ukrainian marine 2018-2022
Currently in GUR International legion.
https://www.paypal.me/cossackgundi
Adam Smith @adambikewrench.bsky.social Defence / History / Oceania / Wargaming
Former 8541, messenger, bikewrench and backcountry safety analyst
Massey CDSS alum
Maximilian Uriarte @max.terminallance.com I’m Max. Bestselling author, artist, animator and creator of Terminal Lance! Burrito connoisseur. One in a milian.
Terminal Lance @terminallance.com Official account of Terminal Lance, a comic strip about Marine life (not the fish kind)
Hunter Stires @hunterstires.bsky.social History, Strategy, Seapower, Statecraft. Proudly served as the Maritime Strategist to the 78th Secretary of the Navy. Personal Account. Be curious; when you can, be kind.
Like/RT/Follow ≠ Endorsement
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hunterstires/
Georgetown University Wargaming Society @guws.bsky.social The Georgetown University Wargaming Society (GUWS) provides a venue for current and aspiring wargamers to learn more about wargaming and build their professional networks. 🔗 www.guwargaming.org
@duffelblog.bsky.social @duffelblog.bsky.social 
Jason Matthews @jasondcmatthews.bsky.social History Nerd, political junky, Hill rat and historical board game designer. 
Kathleen J. McInnis @kjmcinnis1.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Defense & Security Department & Director, SWSP @CSIS. Priors: Capitol Hill, Pentagon, Chatham House, Kings College London. PhD War Studies. Author. Mom. Herder of cats. NATO nerd.
Tymofiy Mylovanov @mylovanov.bsky.social President, Kyiv School of Economics; Minister of economy, Ukraine, 2019-2020; Associate professor, University of Pittsburgh
Fort Circle @fortcircle.bsky.social Publisher of historical board games.
Clio's Board Games @cliosboardgames.bsky.social Musings about history, board games and history in board games. Blog: http://cliosboardgames.wordpress.com
Ardwulf the Traveller @ardwulf.bsky.social Writer, 3D Modeler and Printer. Gamer: wargames, TTRPGs and the occasional digital game. Maybe some day a designer. Has Opinions. He/him. linktr.ee/ardwulf
Cole Wehrle @colewehrle.bsky.social Game designer focusing on strategy games with strong emergent narratives. Half of Wehrlegig Games. Formerly Creative Director at Leder Games. Now Creative Director at Buried Giant Studios. Voracious reader of just about anything I can get my hands on.
Mediocre Meritocrat @jmarkgraham.bsky.social Mediocre FGO, wishful historian, propping up profiles and bell curves everywhere. China guy. Meanderings (& GIFs) on Army, IC, DOD, FP, history, and pop culture. My thoughts != official
https://mediocremeritocrat.substack.com/
Walker Mills @walkerdm.bsky.social 
Craig Whiteside @craigwhiteside.bsky.social teach for the Naval War College resident program at NPS in Monterey, CA; The ISIS Reader (Hurst 2020) and Non-state Special Operations (Routledge, 2025); dad, scout, sports fan, and Geronimo https://theisisreader.substack.com/
Leo @phlexpat.bsky.social Philly Expat (Go Birds)
Drake Long @drmlong.bsky.social PhD Student, War Studies, King’s College London. Senior Associate, China Warfighting Initiative, Marine Corps War College.
Focuses: China’s territorial disputes, Taiwan. Writing a book on the seabed! Opinions my own.
Brian Kerg @briankerg.bsky.social Atlantic Council Fellow | Military Writers Guild Board Member | Marine Corps Strategist Fellow at Notre Dame | CIMSEC Managing Editor | Personal Account
Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social ISW is a policy research organization focused on U.S. national security. Email: press@understandingwar.org. For more: https://linktr.ee/understandingwar
MARFORBLUESKY @marforbluesky.bsky.social Mission: Marine Corps Forces, Bluesky supports Marines and Sailors in the Bluesky and advises @bsky.app on the employment of Marine forces.
(A yet-to-be official account)
National Review @nationalreview.bsky.social Standing athwart history, yelling Stop.
A magazine founded by the late William F. Buckley Jr.
https://www.nationalreview.com
Dr. Jacquelyn Schneider @jackieschneider.bsky.social Hoover Fellow, Director Wargaming and Crisis Simulation Initiative, Stanford University. Research on international security, emerging technology, wargames. Views are my own. 
Air Command and Staff College @theairpowerschool.bsky.social The premier military institution for preparing airpower leaders who solve problems at the operational level of war
Michael Kofman @michaelkofman.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment. Defense analysis with a focus on the Russian and Ukrainian militaries.
Mick Cook @mickcook.bsky.social Australian digital producer, #writer and PhD Candidate #GameDesign. Producer and host of The Dead Prussian #podcast, producer of Generals podcast.
All My Links: https://linktr.ee/MickCook
Dr Aimée Fox @draefox.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in IR at University of St Andrews | Historian of war | Award-winning author | Series editor, War & the British Empire (McGill-Queen's UP) | I research the First World War, military innovation & learning, and gossip in the armed forces.
brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social Not Laconic
Puff, that lightsaber Airman @puffrolsen.bsky.social Leader of Airmen/Lifter of heavy objects/Lightsaber aficionado/mediocre author (KR Paul)
Awesomely dorky
Follow/💜/RT≠endorsement Views my own
Elena Wicker @elenawicker.bsky.social Military jargon, terminology, dictionaries, and documents. Georgetown PhD. Buzzword enthusiast.
Lawrence Freedman @ldfreedman.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of War Studies King's College London. Latest Book Strategists and Strategy: collected essays, 2014-2024. Substack Comment is Freed https://samf.substack.com/
EM Simpson @emsetc.bsky.social I am not a committee. Defense, pop-culture, Jayhawk propaganda. All opinions my own.
Co-host of Sirens: A Bombshell Production https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sirens-a-bombshell-production/id1195698408
James "Pigeon" Fielder @drpigeon.bsky.social PhD Pol Sci | studying politics of game worlds at CSU | retired USAF | TEDx speaker | Mobius Worlds Publishing birb | Pagan & synth fan | pigeons rock!
https:\\www.jdfielder.com
Russell Worth Parker @russellworthparker.bsky.social Writer. Editor in Chief of The Tom Beckbe Field Journal and Lethal Minds Journal. Retired Marine. Strong opinions on Labradors, breakfast, music, and bbq. Pretty flexible otherwise.
Pats Pulpit: a New England Patriots community @patspulpit.bsky.social We are Pats Pulpit, SB Nation's community covering the six-time world champion New England Patriots. 28.3% of our posts are serious.
patspulpit.com
Armchair Dragoons @armchairdragoons.bsky.social The Essay Length Answer to a Multiple-Choice Attention-Span World ~
Wargaming is our jam & we're here to spread it
Next event? The Fall Assembly 9-11 October, Cary NC
https://tinyurl.com/acdfa26
Eric Brammer @scuttlethefleet.bsky.social #CommodoresAreCool • MilStudies MA in Strategic Leadership • wargaming • maritime history • Adaptation in the Cold War • Celtics 🍀
ericbrammer.wixsite.com/eportfolio
Jason Paterson @nakedcardboard.com I'm Jason. Boardgamer, history enthusiast, writer!
🏴+🇩🇪=🇨🇦
https://www.nakedcardboard.com
The Dietz Foundation @thedietzfoundation.bsky.social The world's first and only not-for-profit game publisher. We use our proceeds to fund scholarships for prospective teachers.
Opinions expressed are the views of the Foundation.
www.dietzfoundation.org- P Petri Pellinen @ppe.bsky.social
The Players’ Aid @playersaidblog.bsky.social We are a written blog and YouTube Channel that discuss all kinds of great historical games and wargames. Visit the blog at theplayersaid.com and our YouTube Channel at https://youtube.com/@theplayersaid?si=vRe0IU0jJ1142gnF
Volko @volko.bsky.social Historical boardgame designer. Ⓥegan.
https://phalanx.co.uk/1943-race-to-rabaul-a-new-game-by-volko-ruhnke/
https://www.gmtgames.com/p-1162-drachen.aspx
https://www.gmtgames.com/p-1102-coast-watchers.aspx
https://www.fortcircle.com/the-hunt-for-blackbeard/
Sean Lawson, Ph.D. @seanlawson.bsky.social Scholar of technology and society charting a path between AI hype and doom for the curious but skeptical.
About me: https://www.seanlawson.net/
Subscribe to "AI With Footnotes"
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Olivia Garard @teaandtactics.bsky.social - W @warfightingsociety.bsky.social @warfightingsociety.bsky.social
NK Finney @nathankfinney.com Soldier | Historian | Fellow, Duke Prgrm on American Grand Strategy, IPSI @AtlanticCouncil.bsky.social, & GNSI USF | Ed. @britjnlmilhist.bsky.social | Chair, Advisory Board @milwritersguild.bsky.social | “Orchestrating Power” (@cornellupress.bsky.social)
Giled Pallaeon @giledpallaeon.bsky.social Military & International Affairs nerd. Defense professional. Mostly naval subjects, but all aspects of defense and natsec welcome. Oh, & plastic spaceships, that too. All opinions on all subjects my own #WeAreNAFO
Wehrlegig Games @wehrlegig.games Publishing beautiful history board games.
Pax Pamir ✧ John Company ✧ Molly House
linktr.ee/wehrlegig
Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social US Army Goodpaster Scholar, Wargamer, & Paratrooper | USMA ‘09, KCL War Studies ‘15, G’town SSP ‘20 | PhD Candidate @ Duke PoliSci | Personal Acct per DoDI 5400.17
Albert Lee @albertl.bsky.social Attempted crafter of words and styrene
Kelly Grieco @kellygrieco.bsky.social Senior Fellow StimsonCenter, Adjunct GeorgetownCSS, Non-Res Fellow The Krulak Center
Foreign/defense policy, alliances, airpower, and mil ops. Proud Bostonian
🍁🍂 Diva for the Season 💚💙🏈🫶👠👑 @queenofthinair.bsky.social Montanan now home. Philosopher Queen. Diva. Foodie. Shoes. Not my first rodeo. Act III
Learning, charitable discussion, exploring ideas. No BS. Every day is Ethics Day! Recovering Military Ethicist. Books #OnObedience #Achilles #PME
I say what I want.
WarriorStreak @warriorstreak.bsky.social Executive | Consultant | Tech & Rapid Prototyping | Senior Analyst | Solving the hard problems | Deal Facilitator | #Veteran (OIF & OEF) | Krav Maga & Judo | I post on #NatSec, #milsky, #tech, & #wargames / #starcitizen / #LARP | Views are my own.
Zilla Blitz @zillablitz.bsky.social Content Creator | Tabletop/PC Wargames & Crunchy Euros | YouTube: http://youtube.com/c/ZillaBlitz
The Life of Sharks @thelifeofsharks.com To see weekly new comics, daily comics from our archive and subscriber videos - patreon.com/lifeofsharks. Merchandise from - thelifeofsharks.com
Our book on Puffin books: https://tinyurl.com/mwdnusyy
Pat Donahoe @patdonahoearmy.bsky.social Retired Army guy. Owner of a small dog. 
Travis Hord @magtravf.bsky.social Make Marines - Win Battles
Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social historian of Cold War social movements and the U.S. military | plant & cat mom | views expressed are mine alone
Trent Hone @honer.bsky.social MCUF Chair of Strategic Studies at MCU and Management Consultant. Author of Learning War, Battle Line, & Mastering the Art of Command. Opinions my own.
Nick Bradbeer @nickbradbeer.bsky.social Assoc. Professor of Submarine Design @ UCL. Nerd, maker, gamer, wargame builder. He/him.
I mostly post about games I'm playing for fun and games I'm creating for work, with the odd diversion into submarine design.
Mike Cosgrave @mikecosgrave.bsky.social Digital Humanities at UCC, lifelong gamer
Nate, Callsign: Kiwi @meadyokergamer.bsky.social (he/him) Colorado Avalanche fan, hockey lover, gamer, Dr. Pepper Fan, Podcaster
Travis Reese (Against war with NATO) @ctreese2.bsky.social Small town kid. Joined the military. Stuck w/ it for 21 yrs. Stayed in defense. Planner & strategist. Inventor of the coffee egg cream & mocha coffee egg cream
Matthew Ford @warmatters.bsky.social Saarf-Londoner. Cat Dad. Assoc Prof at the Swedish Defence University. PhD from KCL. Associate, IWM Institute. Senior fellow at Global & National Security Institute, Uni of South Florida. ex-West Point fellow. FRHistS. Series editor @Hurst Publishers
Andrew Strasberg @andrewstrasberg.bsky.social PhDing @ WUSTL Poli Sci, running around a soccer field @ who-knows-where
Tory Brown (she/her) @downtowntbrown.bsky.social 📍baltimore, md
💪public education
🎲✂️ www.votesforwomen.com
David Thompson @djackthompson.bsky.social Mental health awareness advocate. Down syndrome advocate. Game designer.- H @handle.invalid @handle.invalid
Molotov Cockatiel Games (Bill) @molotovcockatiel.bsky.social Check out my digital hex-and-counter game, Arete: Battles of Alexander the Great, on iOS, Android, and Steam. ⚔️
molotovcockatiel.com
Fotoföhnrich @fotofaehnrich.bsky.social Sozialpädagoge, Küstenkind, manchmal in Uniform, häufig mit der Kamera in der Hand
Ben Griffin @bengriffin06.bsky.social Historian and nerd who writes about pop culture and strategy. Author of Reagan’s War Stories: A Cold War Presidency. Stories we tell and enjoy matter. Imagined World Orders: Tom Clancy and US National Security forthcoming. Go Army!
Dan Ryan @danryan17.bsky.social Opinions are my own.
Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social Birds, Math, Literature, & Airpower. BoD Member @Strategy_Bridge, #Strategy, #Development, #NationalSecurity, #MilitaryAffairs. Repost is not endorsement. Nothing interesting to say.
Dr. Jacqueline E. Whitt @notabattlechick.bsky.social Purple-haired civil servant. Public Diplomacy person. Historian. Author. Educator. Leader. Tar Heel. COVID Long-hauler. Doodler. Procedural-drama obsessed smart lady. Cat servant. 2x speed audiobook aficionado. Occasional trouble maker. All views my own.
David Alman @davidalman.bsky.social Airman + consultant + aero engineer interested in national strategy, domestic policy, environmentalism, good food, and all things aviation. Views = mine alone and not representative of anyone I work for. #airpower
SDHistCon @sdhistcon.bsky.social The San Diego Historical Games Convention. Check out everything on our in-person and online conventions, our Conflicts of Interest Online articles, and our annual Summit Award at www.sdhist.com.
Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social History person, Army officer, transplanted Buckeye, not really that angry anymore. Writes stuff. Some Star Wars. Refugee from Twitter. Views do not reflect or represent the DoD's. He/him/his. angrystaffofficer.com